A portion of the pot which is unattainable by at least one active player, due to said player not having enough chips to call the full bet.
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Why can't folded hands compete for sidepots?
I'm just wondering the rationale for preventing folded players from competing in sidepots. My feeling is that once a player has as much in the pot as an all-in player, they should be allowed to ...
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Complex split pot semantics for multiple All-In winners with differing amounts
I'm writing a Poker Server piece of software and well, I want it to be accurate...
Basically I want to know what the correct way to deal with this following situation is:
[ second round of betting. ...
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Ante + BB all-in, what can the BB win?
How are the pots computed when in a tournament deal when the big blind posts his full ante but then doesn't have enough to post his big blind?
To take a concrete example, here's a hand history from a ...
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How are side pots built?
While playing online, in a lot of situations side pots are built. This happens if one or more players goes all-in but I can't figure out the rules on which these side pots are built.
The only thing I ...
